Date: 04/07/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: web

Hi everyone,

I have a client who asked me to do layout designs for websites, and she wants to charge me per hour. which is ok, i guess.... But she always asks "how long will it take? I want to know how much I will have to pay you."

Is the client being reasonable? If she asked me to make an entire website (layout, coding, etc), then I can give her a rough timeline. But when it comes to just layout designs which I'm being charged 15-20$, I don't think this is fair. For layout designs, I personally think that it should be a fixed payment.

The only thing I don't like about doing layout designs per hour is that I often don't get enough for the work I put into it. Does anyone else agree? Since making layouts doesn't involve an entire website, a basic layout could take anywhere from 2-4 hours. If I'm going to be paid so little, I'd rather not do it. It's not worth my time and work. How can I make the client understand this? She doesn't make websites, so she obviously doesn't know where I'm coming from.

Any advice would be apprecitated.

Thank you!

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